US Patent Issued to KARDION on Sept. 8 for "Sealed micropump" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,255, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KARDION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Sealed micropump" was invented by Ingo Stotz (Ditzingen, Germany), Johannes Bette (Stuttgart, Germany), David Minzenmay (Stuttgart, Germany) and Fabian Eiberger (Uhldingen-Muhlhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed micropump includes an integrated motor and at least one impeller for generating fluid flow inside a housing of the micropump. The impeller includes a radial sliding bearing with a spider bearing for supporting an impeller pin of the impeller inside the housing. The impeller pin includes a sheathing of a material different from a mat...